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Zpryme Smart Grid Insights Presents (part 3 of 3 part series):

Smart Meter Uprising:Led by CenterPoint and FPL, the top 10 SGIG projects by

total expenditures and smart meters to date.

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Smart Meter Uprising: Led by CenterPoint and FPL, the top 10 SGIG projects by total expenditures and smart meters to date.(Part 3 of 3 Part Series)

U.S. Smart Meters at a Glance

Just days ago Oncor installed its two-millionth advanced

smart meter in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, Idaho FallsPower selected Elster for an AMI Smart Grid project, and

Telvent was designated to implement Smart Grid solutionsfor Progress Energy Florida. Driven by Smart Grid

Investment Grants (SGIG), these examples are just a taste

of the wins that have manifested this past month in the U.S.

Back in 2009 the overall purpose of the SGIG was toaccelerate the modernization of the U.S. electric

transmission and distribution systems and promote

investments in Smart Grid and related technology

tentacles. Fast forward to September 2011 and utilities

across the nation are finally starting to burst out of the

Smart Grid starting blocks. For example, CenterPoint

Energy and Florida Power & Light (FPL) are the top 2 SGIGprojects based on smart meters. Combined, CenterPoint

and FPL have 2.6 million smart meters from their SGIG

programs, 1.33 million and 1.29 million, respectively.

The smart meter roll-out is noticeably at a critical juncture.What the next-gen grid will be like a decade from now is

still too difficult to predict, however the forces for change

from both the public and private sector (and consumers)

will be highly influential.

In this report Zpryme compiled and analyzed data from

the 99 Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects to

identify the top 10 projects in terms of total expenditures to

date, and by the number of smart meters that are installedand operational.

Top 10 SGIG Projects by Total Expenditures to Date

Combined, the top 10 SGIG projects have spent$1.12 billion to date on their smart grid programs.

Smart meters and communications networks and ITsystems account for 77% and 22% of total spending,

respectively. A small fraction of the total has beenspent on customer systems (0.5%).

Figure 1 shows that CenterPoint Energy and FloridaPower & Light (FPL) are the top 2 SGIG projects

based on total expenditures. Combined, these two

utilities have spent $617.6 million on their smart grid

programs. Based on expenditures, CenterPoint and

FPL have already deployed half (51%) of their smart

101,139

198,322

241,040

258,582

279,552

303,178

326,022

342,896

1,294,382

1,327,279

Pepco Holdings

Detroit Edison

Central Maine Power

Oklahoma Gas & Electric

Salt River Project

Idaho Power

NV Energy

Sacramento Municipal Utility

Florida Power & Light

CenterPoint Energy

0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000

Top 10 SGIG Projects by Total Smart Metersas of August 30, 2011 (in millions)figure 1, source: smartgrid.gov
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grid programs. CenterPoint and FPL have spent

$225.5 million and $255.9 million, respectively, onsmart meters. They have also spent $96.1 million and

$37.8 million, respectively, on AMI communication

networks and IT systems. Please see table 1 for

spending details for each of the top 10 projects.

Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Sacramento MunicipalUtility, and Central Maine Power are the 3rd, 4th,and 5th largest projects based on total

expenditures. Combined, these three utilities have

spent $279.3 million on their smart grid programs.

Based on expenditures, these utilities have alreadydeployed about one-third (33%, 30%, and 34%,

respectively) of their smart grid programs.

The combined total project value for top 10 SGIGprojects is $2.9 billion; 39% of the total award value

of all SGIG projects, and 34% ($1.2 billion) of SGIG

ARRA funding for SGIG projects.

The top 10 projects account for 43% of the totalSGIG expenditures spent to date ($2.6 billion) across

all 99 SGIG projects.

The top 10 projects account for 68% of the total AMIexpenditures spent to date ($1.7 billion) across all

SGIG projects.

Top 10 SGIG Projects by Total Smart Meters

The top 10 SGIG projects have 4.6 million installedand operation smart meters; accounting for 82% ofall smart meters that are installed across all 99 SGIG

projects (5.7 million). Please see table 2 for AMI and

Customer System details for each of the top 10projects.

o The majority are at residential customer sites(4.3 million), with only 388,803 and 1,706 at

commercial and industrial sites, respectively.

o All meters allow for interval reads and aretamper proof. Just over half (2.4 million) of the

meters have remote connect and disconnect

features, and allow for outage detection andreport.

o Among the top 10 projects, 3.3 millioncustomers have access to a web portal, but

only 1.45 million are actually enrolled in a web

$24.8

$38.9

$47.7

$53.3

$61.9

$66.1

$93.8

$119.4

$293.9

$323.6

Pepco Holdings

Idaho Power

Salt River Project

NV Energy

EPB

Central Maine Power

Sacramento Municipal Utility

Oklahoma Gas & Electric

Florida Power & Light

CenterPoint Energy

$0 $100 $200 $300 $400

Top 10 SGIG Projects by Total Expidentures to Dateas of August 30, 2011 (in millions)figure 2, source: smartgrid.gov
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portal program. They have 2,143 in-home

displays, 116 home energy managementsystems, 67 direct load control devices, and

1,856 programmable thermostats.

Figure 2 shows that CenterPoint Energy and FloridaPower & Light (FPL) are the top 2 SGIG projectsbased on smart meters. Combined, CenterPoint and

FPL have 2.6 million smart meters from their SGIG

programs, 1.33 million and 1.29 million, respectively.

Sacramento Municipal Utility, NV Energy, and IdahoPower Company are the 3rd, 4th, and 5th largest

projects based on total smart meters. Combined,

they have 972,096 smart meters from their SGIG

programs, 342,896, 326,022, and 303,178,respectively.

Methodology

Zpryme compiled and analyzed data from the 99 Smart

Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects to identify the top

10 projects in terms of total expenditures to date, and bythe number of smart meters that are installed and

operational. The data in this report is current as of August30, 2011. The expense figures in this report reflect the total

expenditures on smart grid projects which have been

awarded SGIG funds. The figures include both expensespaid for by SGIG funds and from recipient cost share

funds. Please note that the figures reported on the SGIG

program on smartgrid.gov often change on a daily basis,

and thus may not match the data in this report.
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Table 1. SGIG Expenditures by Segment Top 12 Projects Ranked by Total Expenditures

SGIG

Project/Utility

Total ProjectValue ARRA Funding

Total

ExpendituresTo Date

% ofTotal

ProjectValue Smart Meters

AMI Communication

Networks and Data SystemsCustomer Systems, Devices and Equipment

Backhauland Meter

comm.Network

Head endserver/Meter

data analysissystem /Other IT

systems andapplications In-homeDisplays

DirectLoad

ControlDevices Programmable Thermostats SmartAppliances

CenterPointEnergy

$639,187,435 $200,000,000 $323,648,168 51% $225,454,274 $53,425,294 $42,652,860 $2,115,740 ---------- ---------- ----------

Florida Power &Light Company

$578,963,314 $200,000,000 $293,906,228 51% $255,904,034 $7,220,682 $30,539,118 $234,852 ------ ---- ------ ---- $7,542

Oklahoma Gasand Electric

$357,376,037 $130,000,000 $119,421,512 33% $94,390,630 $18,908,848 $3,072,666 $1,016,597 ------ ---- $2,032,771 ------ ----

SacramentoMunicipal UtilityDistrict

$308,406,477 $127,506,261 $93,754,466 30% $81,553,502 $4,047,394 $8,153,570 ---------- ---------- ----------

Central MainePower Company

$191,716,614 $95,858,307 $66,135,584 34% $49,095,274 $12,740,212 $4,300,098 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

EPB $226,707,000 $111,567,606 $61,949,000 27% $16,000,000 $44,168,000 $1,781,000 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

NV Energy, Inc. $275,755,812 $137,877,906 $53,314,554 19% $46,805,416 $6,509,138 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Salt River Project $114,003,719 $56,859,359 $47,682,116 42% $47,682,116 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Idaho PowerCompany $94,000,000 $47,000,000 $38,942,581 41% $31,008,977 $6,688,060 $1,215,998 ---------- $29,546 ---------- ----------

Pepco Holdings,Inc.-DC

$89,161,098 $44,580,549 $24,811,596 28% $20,654,592 $1,713,688 $2,443,316 ----- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------

Pacific NorthwestGeneratingCoop.

$39,172,987 $19,576,743 $24,615,012 63% $15,608,964 $8,705,838 $274,980 $25,230

Detroit EdisonCompany

$169,133,271 $83,828,878 $23,955,090 14% $23,831,180 $123,910

Source: Data compiled by Zpryme from smartgrid.gov as August 30, 2011.


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Table 2. SGIG AMI and Customer System Metrics for Top 12 Projects Ranked by Total Smart Meters

SGIG

Project/Utility

Smart Meters Installed and Operational AMI Smart Meter FeaturesWeb Portal Deployed and

OperationalCustomer Systems, Devices and Equipment

Residential Commercial Industrial TotalIntervalreads

Remoteconnect/

disconnect

Outagedetectionreporting

Tamperdetection

Customerswith

access toweb portal

Customersenrolled inweb portal

In homedisplays

EnergyMNGT.devices

Directload

controldevices

Programmablethermostats

CenterPointEnergy

1,163,845 163,434 ---------- 1,327,279 1,327,279 1,163 ,845 1,163,845 1,327,279 1,314,659 5,274 504 -------- -------- ----------

Florida Power &Light Company

1,221,524 72,805 53 1,294,382 1,294,382 2,161,439 1,294,382 1,294,382 195 116 116

SacramentoMunicipal UtilityDistrict

326,687 16,209 ---------- 342,896 342,896 137,695 342,896 5,053 321 -------- -------- -------- ----------

NV Energy, Inc. 326,022 ---------- ---------- 326,022 326,022 321,535 326,022 326,022 73 73 -------- -------- -------- ----------

Idaho PowerCompany

252,247 50,931 ---------- 303,178 303,178 ---------- ---------- ---------- 409,380 86,726 -------- -------- 67 ----------

Salt River Project 252,781 26,771 ---------- 279,552 279,552 243,949 ---------- 279,552 279,552 65,290 -------- -------- -------- ----------

Oklahoma Gasand Electric

232,134 25,433 1,015 258,582 258,581 237,147 258,581 258,581 2,289 2,289 1,444 -------- -------- 1,740

Central MainePower Company

218,663 21,739 638 241,040 241,040 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- ----------

Detroit Edison

Company

187,892 10,430 ---------- 198,322 198,322 187,892 198,322 198,322 ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- ----------

Pepco Holdings,Inc.-DC

100,088 1,051 ---------- 101,139 101,139 100,088 101,139 101,139 ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- ----------

EPB 56,937 3,741 ---------- 60,678 60,678 ---------- 60,678 ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- ----------

Pacific NorthwestGeneratingCoop.

29,249 4,055 1,204 34,508 34,504 918 15,956 19,516 ---------- ---------- -------- -------- 11 ----------

Source: Data compiled by Zpryme from smartgrid.gov as August 30, 2011.


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Zpryme CreditsEditor

Robert LangstonManaging Editor

Sean SayersResearch Lead

Stefan Trifonov

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